Front & Center

Mistakes Beget Wiser Colonels and GeneralsBy Maj. Gen. Guy S. Meloy, USA Ret."If the Army ever ... fails to underwrite honest mistakes or bows to external pressures and begins to treat a mistake as a kiss of death instead of a valuable teaching point, we are in trouble."

Selected Features

‘Bloody April’By Dennis SteeleClashes throughout Iraq in April claimed the lives of more American troops than in any other month of the conflict.

Tension in the AirBy Dennis SteeleSoldiers conducted preventive security and stabilization missions in Baghdad as tensions rose in the weeks leading up to major attacks against American forces in the capital.

The Siege of Raider BaseBy Dennis SteeleOn the western outskirts of Baghdad, a company team held a former Iraqi police station against an onslaught.

Basic Combat Training: Flashbacks and ForecastsBy Col. John M. Collins, USA Ret.The "bad old days" of training—from the late 1950s to the early 1960s—are behind the U.S. Army, but today’s personnel shortages could lead to a weakening of basic combat training.

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